Guest post by Evolve Vacation. The Evolve Vacation Program offers travelers the rare opportunity of a lifetime to combine a tropical vacation under the sun with authentic training under World Champions. You can train at one of the world’s most famous mixed martial arts academies, Evolve MMA, and also enjoy the exotic hidden treasures of the […]

Whenever people find out that I have traveled to a lot of countries and visited different gyms around the world, they often ask me … “What is my gym’s level like compared to other BJJ gyms around the world?” You might have asked this question to people visiting your gym from other countries. Or you […]

If you’ve been in the bjj scene for a couple of years you’ve probably heard about the Wim Hof Method. This is a breathing method developed by a dutchman of the same name. This is a fella that swims in the Antarctic, rides the Kilimanjaro in shorts and is in impeccable shape. This […]

Over the years Joe Rogan has perhaps been the best ambassador jiu jitsu could’ve hoped for. The comedian and Jean Jacques Machado black belt is famous for his affection for all things physical and especially jiu-jitsu. Joe Rogan On Jiu Jitsu: A totally Different Experience Than a Fight Recently he had a prominent […]

There are many stories of Rickson Gracie manhandling and submitting BJJ world champions when they came to visit him in his academy during the 90’s. One of the names that come up are bjj greats Fabio Gurgel, Roberto Traven, and Saulo and Xande Ribeiro. Gurgel and Traven were interviewed and asked about their experience training with […]

Even though a rematch of Mayweather and McGregor in the octagon would’ve been a hugely lucrative opportunity for all involved Mayweather is out. Conor took to Instagram on Sunday to declare that Mayweather is “out of these current fight negotations,” referring to the chatter concerning a rematch in an MMA venue. I am […]

There was much fuss made about the fact that Eddie Cummings has long been distancing himself from Danaher’s class. Rumors of a beef circled and circled resulting in a reveal that Cummings hasn’t been to that class for longer than a year. Eddie Cummings Sparks Rumors Of Disagreement with Danaher By Prepping at […]

Guest post by Mark Lajhner, founder and chief instructor of Kaizen MMA Academy in Belgrade, Serbia. He is a Judo black belt (Serbian national team member), BJJ purple belt and multiple medallist in Freesyle Wrestling. You can find Mark Lajhner’s FREE MMA course Here. Yoel Romero is an exceptional Cuban athlete. He had a very successful freestyle […]

The Rubber guard sometimes referred to as Mission Control is a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu technique, which involves the practitioner ‘breaking down’ the opponent into the rubber guard, while maintaining a high level of control. It utilizes extensive flexibility to control the opponent with one arm and one leg. The opposite arm in turn is free to […]

We previously reported on a very peculiar happening at the U23 World Championships in Poland. Wrestling Officials Investigating if Iranian Threw Match to Avoid Israeli Several news outlets reported that Karimi was directed by his coaches Saturday to intentionally lose because Israel’s Uri Kalashnikov would have been Karimi’s second-round opponent. UWW said its […]

Yesterday when Eddie Cummings announced he would be out of the competition many heads turned. This seemed to be a great time for the home team to take the title home – with the 10th planet strongest competitor Geo Martinez in. However what went down was somewhat different. In spite of Eddie Bravo […]